IronPigs open 15-game spring schedule on March 12

The IronPigs will open their 15-game spring training schedule on March 12 against Buffalo, Toronto's new Triple-A affiliate, at the Carpenter Complex.

The just-released minor league schedule includes seven home games including two against the newly named Scranton RailRiders, the Yankees' top affiliate, on Wednesday, March 20, and Monday, March 25.

The spring schedule will end as it begins, against Buffalo at the Carpenter Complex, on Friday, March 29. The team will break camp the next day and head north, one day earlier than in previous years.

Lehigh Valley will make three trips each to Dunedin (Toronto) and Bradenton (Pittsburgh), and two across the bay to Tampa (Yankees).

Home games are played at the Carpenter Complex adjacent to Brighthouse Field, the spring training home of the Phillies. Admission to the minor league complex is free, although parking is at a premium if the Phillies have a home game that day.